The Dead Bird (book) explained

The Dead Bird
Author:	Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator:	Remy Charlip
Genre:	Picture book
Pub Date:	1958

The Dead Bird is a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown. Brown's text copyright was 1938^[1] but it was not published until 1958 (by Addison-Wesley Publishing) with illustrations by Remy Charlip; this was after Brown's 1952 death. The story was reissued in 2016 with new illustrations by Christian Robinson.^{[2] [3] [4]} The book tells the story of a group of children who find a recently dead (still warm) bird, and bury it with ceremony. Always seen as a "gentle", "standout" book about the emotions attached to death, the book benefits in the newer version from Robinson's "cinematic storytelling", set in a "a lush urban park" with "characters [who] are diverse in gender and ethnicity but universal in their emotions, curiosity, and playfulness".

See also

• Frog and the Birdsong
• Duck, Death and the Tulip

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Margaret Wise. Margaret Wise Brown

   . Margaret Wise Brown. The Dead Bird. 1958. Harper Collins. New York. 0-06-020758-2. registration.

2. The Dead Bird. By: Gershowitz, Elissa, Horn Book Magazine, 00185078, May/Jun2016, Vol. 92, Issue 3
3. The Dead Bird. Kirkus Reviews, 19487428, 1/15/2016, Vol. 84, Issue 2
4. Hunter, Sarah. "The Dead Bird." Booklist 112.6 (2015): 48. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 6 July 2016.